Head of Trading Infra

<div data-page-id="PH7LdDx6uoqQwxxyxjyco5sAnYc" data-lark-html-role="root" data-docx-has-block-data="false"> <h3 class="heading-3 ace-line old-record-id-RdmydsDSZonVmUxsUzfcs8ywnwg">Role Overview</h3> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-UHaXdGZwFoCpU0xmDrJcQU2kntc">We are looking for a Head of Trading Infra to build and lead a centralized team responsible for the firm's exchange-facing trading connectivity across global markets.The scope covers exchange raw market data ingestion (Feed Handlers) and order entry (Order Entry / Gateway) systems, and delivers raw historical market data that remains consistent with the live trading path.</div> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-QKSedGxr2oSl9uxDIVPcGCzMnyd">The mandate is to build a normalized, reusable connectivity framework across markets and asset classes. The framework should provide common architecture, protocol abstractions, normalized data formats, monitoring, and quality controls, while still allowing market- and exchange-specific adaptations. The goal is to provide low-latency, reliable, consistent, and scalable infrastructure for the firm's quantitative trading business.</div> <h3 class="heading-3 ace-line old-record-id-Lld2dUCMbosv56xswoic1Sd5ntg">Key Responsibilities</h3> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-O08Qd449AoFfWfxtEOYcmJonnZc" data-list="bullet"> <div>Own the architecture and technical direction of the firm's global exchange connectivity infrastructure, covering raw exchange market data ingestion, order entry gateways, and raw historical market data.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-LrK3dgWNJoUF8dx1USpccCWonKh" data-list="bullet"> <div>Build a cross-market framework that enables efficient onboarding of new markets, exchanges, and asset classes through a unified architecture, protocol abstractions, normalized data formats, and quality standards.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-ZGQYdNIzDo625yxR2KEc9poCnag" data-list="bullet"> <div>Drive continuous improvement of the software trading path across latency, reliability, accuracy, monitoring, failure recovery, and capacity planning.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-UxnDdy3kDoumk3xHu73cj3Sqnef" data-list="bullet"> <div>Establish consistency standards and validation mechanisms across live market data, order entry, and raw historical market data, ensuring consistency across research, backtesting, simulation, and production trading.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-QfFEdFDCcoilj4xaZcFcrMJcnQe" data-list="bullet"> <div>Collaborate with trading, research, risk, operations, Colo/Infra teams, as well as external exchanges, raw market data vendors, and connectivity service providers, translating business requirements into clear technical plans, connectivity solutions, and deliverable projects.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-S9DYdLd32o1IKIxpyVIc5xcBnof" data-list="bullet"> <div>Build and lead the team, including hiring, coaching, organizational design, project prioritization, delivery cadence, and engineering standards; and continuously improve the team's overall capabilities in low-latency trading systems, market protocols, data quality, and global market connectivity.</div> </li> </ul> <h3 class="heading-3 ace-line old-record-id-X01PdRlvpodntTxQrvecNMvdn1f">Requirements</h3> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-A8xMd0NP4oCKjWxuuyvck5IYn1b"><strong>Must-have</strong></div> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-FprUd3c4Zo6HnCx6eVecaDhknLK" data-list="bullet"> <div>Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Financial Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative or technical discipline.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-FALmdLneMocqy0xReFIcSBTVn6W" data-list="bullet"> <div>Experience designing or leading normalized Feed Handler and Order Entry Gateway frameworks across multiple markets, including protocol abstraction, data standardization, market-specific adaptation, replay validation, and production deployment. Equivalent experience owning end-to-end productionization of Feed Handler / Gateway systems for major markets is also acceptable.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-DAyudDT3conqgvxyfZdcUvovnEH" data-list="bullet"> <div>Strong proficiency in C++, with solid experience in low-latency system development and deep familiarity with memory management, concurrency models, network I/O, protocol parsing, CPU/cache behavior, latency measurement, and performance tuning on performance-critical paths.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-Pov7dqJkiojxKuxyCvwcxIwan3e" data-list="bullet"> <div>Deep understanding of low-latency path design and diagnostic systems for trading connectivity, with the ability to guide the team in building tools and capabilities for packet-level / pcap analysis, data replay, protocol-level issue diagnosis, end-to-end latency analysis, failure reproduction, and quality validation.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-MPQjdCymgocsocxeOmuchRHVngD" data-list="bullet"> <div>8+ years of relevant experience at a quantitative trading fund, exchange, market maker, or similar institution, including at least 3 years of people management or technical leadership experience.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-JOxedUdBNobfmrxi9Bac47bkn4d" data-list="bullet"> <div>Strong understanding of how trading infrastructure impacts strategy performance, trading stability, and business outcomes; ability to effectively align requirements and priorities across trading, research, risk, and engineering teams, and lead the team to deliver efficiently in a fast-paced environment.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-Jt9qdTPPkoYE0wx45PBcvAu2nQe"><strong>Nice-to-have</strong></div> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-FAOvd9FcsoqCYXxIjbjc5WjRntf" data-list="bullet"> <div>Deep experience in specific markets, with priority in the following order: US equities &gt; APAC equities &gt; CME and other futures markets &gt; others.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-W5xNdkNYko7XGXxlwHDcBaz2nOc" data-list="bullet"> <div>Experience working with large-scale raw exchange market data, including raw historical data parsing, backfilling, completeness validation, replay, quality governance, and online/offline consistency validation.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-Bdqudy4IVoWwXdxUHdZcE6bcnee" data-list="bullet"> <div>Familiarity with Python and common data analysis tools for market data validation, issue investigation, research support, and production diagnostics.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-G28YdCu1eojTCwxiMBxcAJQ1nhb" data-list="bullet"> <div>Familiarity with major exchanges, raw market data vendors, and connectivity service providers, including their product coverage, data quality, support capabilities, and cost structures; experience evaluating vendors and making technical selection decisions.</div> </li> </ul> </div>